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Superhero Bits: Star-Lord Vs Boba Fett, Watch Adam West’s Powerless Episode & More By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2017 5:00 pm EST Can Star-Lord beat Boba Fett in a fight? Want to see the entire unaired episode of Powerless that features Adam West as a guest star? Did you notice Kevin Feige’s real time reaction to Amy Pascal’s Spider-Man universe revelation from last weekend? Is Supergirl going to enter the DC Extended Universe?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men First Class, Hellfire Club, Marion Cotillard By Germain Lussier/Sept. 9, 2011 11:00 am EST [No photo] Did you miss Dark Knight Rises set videos and photos, like the one above? Who is the latest cast member of Christopher Nolan’s film? Is Marion Cotillard lying to us about her role in it? Which corner of the X-Men universe almost got its own movie? Are producers concerned about fan reaction to the pantless suit in Man of Steel?...

X-Force 101: Everything You Need To Know About This Classic Team By Jazmine Joyner/May 18, 2018 9:30 am EST In the Deadpool 2 trailers, the X-Force team is center-stage. However, many people without comic book backgrounds may be scratching their heads and wondering, “Who are the X-Force? Why aren’t they just called the X-Men? What the hell is a Shatterstar?” Well, no worries .I am here to help answer all of those questions and more....

‘American Gods’ Primer: Why You Should Be Excited For Starz’s New Fantasy Series By Vanessa Bogart/April 27, 2017 8:00 am EST A storm is coming. The gods are restless. The battle between the past and the future is upon us. The long-anticipated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods is finally landing on April 30, 2017 on Starz and it’s about damn time. This best-selling fantasy story has been brought to life by series co-creator and showrunner Bryan Fuller, geek royalty who is no stranger to macabre humor and mind-bending visual storytelling (Hannibal and Pushing Daisies, anyone?...

‘Eddie The Eagle’ Photos: Hugh Jackman And Taron Egerton Celebrate Winning And Losing By Jack Giroux/Dec. 14, 2015 2:00 pm EST Produced by Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and directed by actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Eddie the Eagle follows Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards (Taron Egerton), a ski jumper. The film scored big this weekend at Butt-Numb-A-Thon, and you can now get a better look at the sports drama....

‘Runaways’ Showrunners on Updating and Expanding the Marvel Comic [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 1, 2017 2:00 pm EST It’s been a big month for superheroes, with Justice League in theaters and The Punisher on Netflix. It’s not over yet because Marvel’s Runaways is on Hulu. Based on the comic created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, Runaways is about a group of teenagers who discover their parents are part of an evil cult called The Pride....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer Breakdown: I’ve Got A Good Feeling About This By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2018 11:00 am EST Last night brought the debut of the latest trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which featured almost entirely new footage from the forthcoming origin story of everyone’s favorite scoundrel. So far, the footage from the latest one-off story that takes place in a galaxy far, far away hasn’t been overwhelmingly impressive, but it hasn’t been downright terrible either....

‘Star Wars’ Bits: J.J. Abrams Turned Down ‘Episode VII,’ Plus Disney Acquisition Is Official, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 26, 2012 8:02 am EST Christmas is over and that means it’s time to get back to the biggest news story of 2012: Star Wars. Lots of little things are going on in the world of Disney, Lucasfilm and a Galaxy Far, Far Away and we’ve rounded it all up for you in this edition of Star Wars Bits....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer Debut Planned For Thanksgiving Week; First Theaters Revealed [UPDATED] By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2014 7:40 am EST UPDATE: Regal Cinemas has revealed the first theaters that are showing the trailer. Check below to see if yours is on the list. The original story from 11/22 continues below.UPDATE 2: AMC Theaters and Cinemark have also revealed they are on board. There has been more speculation about the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer alone than there is for most movies at a whole....

‘Thor: The Dark World’ Sends The God Of Thunder Everywhere, And Nowhere By Siddhant Adlakha/April 11, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Infinity War, a new series where we revisit the first 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask “How did we get here?” In this edition: Thor: The Dark World defines Marvel’s “villain problem” and doesn’t do much else.)Thor: The Dark World plays like Marvel’s first truly troubled production....

A Conversation With The Subjects Of ‘Raiders!: The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made’ By Jacob Hall/June 15, 2016 9:00 am EST Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made is one of the most purely entertaining documentaries you will see this year, a tribute to the joys of cinema and the agonies of childhood. Directors Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen tell the story of Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, two childhood friends who set out to remake Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark....

Aaron Sorkin Responds To Allegations Of Sexism In The Social Network By Adam Quigley/Oct. 12, 2010 7:00 am EST With a 9.1 out of 10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 95 out of 10 score on Metacritic, The Social Network is without debate the best reviewed movie of 2010 so far. The film, and in particular its script, has been lauded and revered by just about everyone—including us—but as with everything that attains popularity and acclaim, there is also a vocal minority standing in firm opposition of the picture....

Best Stories Of The Week: Ant-Man 2, Hail Caesar, The Incredibles 2 And More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2015 4:00 am EST Best Stories of the Week is a round-up of the previous week’s best and biggest stories, from news to editorials to trailers. In this edition, we’ve got some big updates from Marvel Studios and Disney/Pixar, including new movie announcements and release date changes. Plus, we’ve got some viral marketing from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, an update on the status of the Terminator franchise, and word from Rick Moranis on whether or not he’s in the Ghostbusters reboot....

Comic Book Movie Bits: Nathan Fillion Is The ‘Green Lantern,’ Zack Snyder’s Favorite ‘Superman’ And Kevin Feige Talks ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2011 3:00 pm EST No need to scream the geeky battle cry of “Nathan Fillion!” in this casting story, the star of Castle and Firefly already has the job. Fillion has been cast as Hal Jordan, aka the Green Lantern, in the latest film version of the DC Comics superhero....

Full Grindhouse DVD/Blu-Ray Details/Art Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2010 1:30 pm EST Earlier this month a suspicious tweet filed by filmmaker Edgar Wright led us to speculate that a Blu-ray release of Grindhouse was in the works. As you probably know, when Grindhouse was released in theaters, it was a double feature featuring Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, and a few faux trailers at the beginning and in between....

Interview: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Producer David Heyman On Newt, Grindelwald, And Working With J.K. Rowling By Angie Han/Nov. 23, 2016 7:30 am EST David Heyman has been with the Harry Potter film franchise since its very beginning, producing all eight films released from 2001 through 2011. Now he’s back for the spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is slated to run for a total of five films. In an interview with /Film, Heyman discussed how the project got going, working with J....

Interview: ‘Rango’ Director Gore Verbinski By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2011 6:00 pm EST The following post and interview was conducted by guest contributor Ed Douglas: Director Gore Verbinski has dabbled in all sorts of genres in the fifteen years he’s been making movies from the family comedy Mousehunt to the horrors of The Ring, character drama with The Weather Man and the swashbuckling high seas adventures of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies....

Interview: ‘Rogue One’ Star Riz Ahmed On Playing An Average Guy In The ‘Star Wars’ Universe By Jacob Hall/Dec. 6, 2016 8:30 am EST Riz Ahmed has been having one hell of a 2016. Before audiences see him as Imperial pilot turned Rebel sympathizer Bodhi Rook in the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, he played a key role in Jason Bourne earlier this summer and headlined HBO’s critically lauded miniseries The Night Of....

Interview: Akiva Goldsman On WGN’s ‘Underground’, Shared Universe Films, And ‘Winter’s Tale’ By Fred Topel/March 7, 2016 7:00 am EST Goldsman was on a Television Critics Association panel for his new series Underground and I got a one-on-one with him after. The drama about the Underground Railroad was also produced by John Legend. The show focuses on a group of slaves (Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge and more) planning their escape from the South....

Larry Clark’s ‘Marfa Girl’ Gets Exclusive 24-Hour Streaming Release [UPDATED] By Angie Han/Nov. 20, 2012 4:00 pm EST UPDATE: Due to a misunderstanding, I originally stated that Marfa Girl would be available online for just 24 hours. In fact, it will be available online indefinitely; purchasing a streaming pass at any time will give viewers access to the film for 24 hours. Original story follows. As major studios think up ways to try to get audiences back into theaters, indie filmmakers and distributors are embracing the new opportunities presented by the Internet....